Justin Langer Australia (Aus)
Batting style	Left-handed batsman (LHB)
Bowling type	Right-arm medium (RM)
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	105	8
Runs scored	7696	160
Batting average	45.27	32.00
100s/50s	23/30	-/-
Top score	250	36
Balls bowled	6	-
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	73/-	2/1
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Justin Lee Langer (born 21 November 1970 in Perth) is a former Australian cricketer, more specificially a left-handed batsman. He is best known for being Matthew Hayden's opening partner in Test matches. Holding the title for being the most successful opening pair to open test cricket as of the end of the 2006/7 Ashes series Langer is also a solid gully fielder, and was very occasionally the wicketkeeper for the Australian one-day team. In January 2007 he retired from international cricket. November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the urban area of Perth, Western Australia. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ... Matthew Lawrence Hayden (born 29 October 1971 in Kingaroy, Queensland) is an Australian and Queensland cricketer. ... A Test match in progress. ... One-day International (ODI) is a form of cricket, which is played over 50 overs per side between two national cricket teams. ...

He can play both aggressively and defensively, but has a reputation for grinding away. However, in a recent Wisden Australia article, Langer's Test strike rate was shown to be superior to that of noted strokemakers Mark Waugh and Damien Martyn. Langer was a number 3 batsman until 2001 when he was dropped after failing to convert a series of starts during Australia's 2-1 loss in India. Shortly after though, he replaced Michael Slater at the top of the order for the final 2001 Ashes series Test where he celebrated his return with a century. He has not looked back since: as an opening batsman, he averages 52.38 and has scored 14 centuries in 44 matches; previously he scored 7 centuries in 41 matches at an average of 39.04. Mark Edward Waugh AM (born June 2, 1965 in Sydney) is a former Australian cricketer, who represented Australia in Test matches from early 1991 to late 2002, and made his one-day international debut in 1988. ... Damien Richard Martyn (born October 21, 1971 in Darwin, Northern Territory) is a former Australian cricketer. ... Michael Jonathon Slater (born February 21, 1970, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 74 Tests and 42 ODIs from 1993 to 2001. ... The Ashes is a regular international cricket contest between England and Australia, played every two years, so named after the trophy, which is a small wooden urn, said to contain the burnt bails from an 1882 game between the countries at The Oval. ...

In November 1999 at Bellerive Oval in Hobart, he shared a match-winning 238-run partnership with Adam Gilchrist to rescue Australia from 126/5 chasing a victory target of 369 against Pakistan. The century scored in this innings was scored in a long 388 minutes, an Australian record. Bellerive Oval is a sports ground in Bellerive, eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. ... Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ... Adam Craig Gilchrist (born 14 November 1971 in Bellingen, New South Wales), nicknamed Gilly or Church,[1] is an Australian cricketer. ...

Langer was most recently a member of the Australian Test team but not the one-day team, despite being named as the ING Cup's player of the season in 2002/03. Langer is the current captain of the Western Warriors. The ING Cup is the current name of the domestic List A cricket (One-day/limited overs cricket) competition in Australia. ... The Western Warriors (referred to as Retravison Warriors for sponsorship reasons) are an Australian first class cricket team based in Perth, Western Australia. ...

He played county cricket for Middlesex CCC (1998-2000) and was captain in 2000. In June 2006 it was announced that Langer would join Somerset CCC from late June for six weeks, while fellow countryman Dan Cullen is on duty with Australia A ^[1] Middlesex County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in England, named after the historic county of Middlesex which their home ground, Lords Cricket Ground in London, is located. ... Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club with headquarters at the County Cricket Ground, Taunton. ... Daniel James Cullen (born 10 April 1984 in Woodville, Adelaide) is an Australian cricketer. ...

He captained the Prime Minister's XI in December 2005 in their match against the West Indies. Prime Ministers XI or PMs XI is the name of an annual cricket match which is held at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, with the Australian team picked by the Prime Minister of Australia playing against an overseas team. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...

On 20 July 2006, he made his highest first-class score of 342 playing for Somerset in a County Championship match versus Surrey at the Woodbridge Road ground in Guildford. This was also the highest score ever by a Somerset batsman, breaking the record of Sir Vivian Richards who made 322 against Warwickshire at Taunton in 1985. This score of 342 is the 10th highest score in a first-class match in England. July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. ... The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ... Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English domestic first-class cricket team based at The Oval in London. ... The Sports Ground, Woodbridge Road is a cricket ground in Guildford, Surrey. ... Not to be confused with Guilford. ... Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards (known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, Viv Richards), a former West-Indian cricketer, was born in St Johns, Antigua on 7 March 1952. ... Warwickshire County Cricket Club is a cricket club (team) based at the County Ground, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England (Birmingham historically being part of Warwickshire). ...

On 1 January 2007, Langer announced his retirement from Test cricket after the fifth Ashes Test against England, starting at the Sydney Cricket Ground the following day^[2]. Somerset CCC also announced on the same day that Langer had agreed to return to the English county in 2007 as captain, and possibly extend his stay until 2008 in a similar deal to that agreed by fellow international retiree, Shane Warne with Hampshire CCC^[3] January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Somerset County Cricket Club is a county cricket club with headquarters at the County Cricket Ground, Taunton. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar next year. ... Shane Keith Warne. ... Hampshire County Cricket Club (HCCC) is a first-class cricket club based in the south of England. ...

Justin Langer's career performance graph.

Justin is an old boy of Aquinas College, Perth. He has given speeches at the school, and has a room entitled "The Langer Room" named after him in the College's premier pavillion, The Churack Pavillion.^{[citation needed]} He is married to his high school sweetheart, Sue, and has four daughters: Jessica, 9; Ali-Rose, 8: Sophie, 5: and Grace, 13 months. Justin played his last Test match against England on 2-5 January 2007 alongside 2 other retirees in Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath.^[4] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (963x492, 6 KB) Summary This graph details the Test Match performance of Justin Langer. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (963x492, 6 KB) Summary This graph details the Test Match performance of Justin Langer. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Langer after the 2nd Test vs England, 5th December 2006.

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References

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External links

• Cricket-Online player profile - Justin Langer
• Cricinfo player profile